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2010 Collaborative Health Research Projects Competition Results
NSERC and 
CIHR are pleased to announce the results of the 2010 competition for Collaborative Health Research Projects (CHRP). The CHRP program received 111 applications requesting $17.2 million in year one. Of these, the 31 applications listed below were selected for funding, representing a success rate of 28 percent and
an average annual award of $146,059.
| Name Department Institution |
Project Title Co-applicants Collaborators |
Program Term Awarded |
|---|---|---|
| Buckeridge, David L. Epidemiology Biostatistics McGill |
Knowledge-based detection of hospital acquired infections
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $71,110 CIHR $71,110 NSERC |
| Cao, Xudong Chemical and Biological Engineering Ottawa |
Biodegradable hollow fiber channels to allow drug delivery for stimulation
and propagation of endogenous stem cells
for repair of neural injury
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,513 CIHR $69,514 NSERC |
| Chen, Pu Chemical Engineering Waterloo |
Amino acid pairing peptide mediated delivery of short interfering
RNAs (siRNAs)
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $76,634 CIHR $76,634 NSERC |
| Cheyne, Douglas O. Medical Imaging Toronto |
Development of an MEG-compatible Articulography System for the Assessment of Brain Function and Oromotor Dynamics
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $39,500 CIHR $64,500 NSERC $25,200 CIHR – INMHA |
| Collins, Louis D. L. Biomedical Engineering McGill |
Computational and statistical tools for image-guided neurosurgery
of brain tumours
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $104,386 CIHR $104,386 NSERC |
| Després, Philippe Radiologie, radio-oncologie et médecine nucléaire Montréal |
Development of an automated blood counter for quantitative molecular
imaging applications
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $36,500 CIHR $36,500 NSERC |
| Eizenman, Moshe M. Biomaterials and Biomedical Eng. Toronto |
Objective assessment of visual acuity in pre-verbal subjects
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $63,560 CIHR $63,560 NSERC |
| Ellis, Randy R. E. School of Computing Queen's |
Kinematics-based navigation for reconstructive hip surgery
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $49,645 CIHR $49,645 NSERC |
| Ghahary, Aziz A. Faculty of Medicine British Columbia |
Development and application of nanofibres releasing anti-fibrogenic
factors for treating dermal fibrosis
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $45,660 CIHR $70,660 NSERC $25, 000 CIHR - IMHA |
| Goldenberg, Andrew Avi A.A. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Toronto |
MRI-guided focal ablation of prostate cancerous tissue
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $62,500 CIHR $62,500 NSERC |
| Grandbois, Michel Pharmacologie Sherbrooke |
Label-free monitoring of cellular signals by surface plasmon resonance
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $64,028 CIHR $64,028 NSERC |
| Hafeli, Urs U.O. Pharmaceutical Sciences British Columbia |
Microneedle-based painless drug monitoring system in interstitial
fluid
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $57,247 CIHR $57,246 NSERC |
| Hemmerling, Thomas T.M.
Anesthesia McGill |
McSleepy - the first completley automatic anesthesia delivery system
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,350 CIHR $69,350 NSERC |
| Jakeman, David D.L. Chemistry Dalhousie |
Structural, enzymatic and cellular mechanism of action studies on
new jadomycins
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $83,200 CIHR $83,200 NSERC |
| Kermode, Allison A.R. Biological Sciences Simon Fraser |
Formulation and efficacy of a corn-derived phenylalanine ammonia-lyase
for the treatment of phenylketonuria (PKU) and hyperphenylalaninemias
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $90,050 CIHR $90,050 NSERC |
| Mongrain, Rosaire R. Mechanical Engineering McGill |
Development of a biomechanical model of the aorta to support medical
decision and prosthetic design
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,750 CIHR $69,750 NSERC |
| Nadeau, Jay J. L. Biomedical Engineering McGill |
Self-illuminating nanoparticles for melanoma therapy
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $72,875 CIHR $72,875 NSERC |
| Quinn, Thomas T. M. Chemical Engineering McGill |
New technologies and methods for growth of artificial cartilage and
skin
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $66,500 CIHR $66,500 NSERC |
| Radisic, Milica M. Inst. of Biomaterials and Biomedical Eng University of Toronto |
Tissue engineered patches for the repair of cardiovascular congenital
malformations
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,767 CIHR $67,768 NSERC |
| Rousseau, Guy G. Pharmacologie Montréal |
Intervention innovatrice complémentaire à l'angioplastie
pour réduire la taille de l'infarctus du myocarde
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $59,750 CIHR $59,750 NSERC |
| Salcudean, Septimiu (Tim) S. E. Electrical and Computer. Engineering British Columbia |
Image guidance for radical protatecomy
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $54,409 CIHR $54,410 NSERC |
| Schriemer, David D. C. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Calgary |
Next generation anti-mitotics for treatment-refractory cancer
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $78,750 CIHR $78,750 NSERC |
| Sheardown, Heather H. D. Chemical Engineering McMaster |
Silicone hydrogel contact lens based delivery system for glaucoma
treatment
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $28,750 CIHR $28,750 NSERC |
| Shin, Jumi J. A. Chemistry Toronto |
Minimalist hybrid proteins: A novel platform for cancer drug discovery
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $126,000 CIHR $126,000 NSERC |
| Shmuel, Amir A. Neurology and Neurosurgery McGill |
Modeling and validating the effect of transcranial magnetic stimulation
on cortical excitability: implications for post-stroke recovery and
depression
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $67,446 CIHR $67,446 NSERC |
| Simmons, Craig C. A. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Toronto |
Microfluidic drug screening in complex vascular microenvironments
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $76,578 CIHR $76,578 NSERC |
| Stewart, James A. R. K. School of Computing Queen's |
New methods for articular cartilage repair through computer-assisted
surgery
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $22,550 CIHR $47,550 NSERC $25,000 CIHR - IMHA |
| Takahata, Kenichi K. Electrical and Comp. Engineering British Columbia |
Smart stents for wireless monitoring of vascular disease
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $100,495 NSERC $100,496 CIHR - ICRH |
| Thibault, Pierre P. Chimie Montréal |
Control of newly synthesized histone deacetylation and its implications
for the clinical use of HDAC inhibitors
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $69,818 CIHR $69,817 NSERC |
| Wilson, Brian B. C. Medical Biophysics PMH/OCI, University of Toronto Ontario Cancer Institute |
Response monitoring and control of prostate focal laser thermal therapy
with hybrid trans-rectal NIR optical tomography and 3D ultrasound
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $85,550 CIHR $85,550 NSERC |
| Zhu, Julian J. X. X. Chimie Montréal |
New polymer composites based on natural compounds for dental applications
|
Group 3 Yrs Inst. 1 $50,300 CIHR $75,300 NSERC $25,000 CIHR - IMHA |